Assessing the Research Needs of Graduate Students at Georgetown University

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 268-276

  Gibbs, David ^a   Boettcher, Jennifer ^a   Hollingsworth, Jill ^a   Slania, Heather ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Museum of Women in the Arts   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Awareness; Graduate students; Instruction; Liaison; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865961912     PISSN: 00991333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acalib.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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